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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Terri L. Morse is the 2007 recipient of the Theron L. |
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Pickle Lifetime Achievement Award, an honor bestowed on individuals |
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who have made significant and lasting contributions to high school |
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swimming in the Lone Star State; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted educator and motivator, Coach Morse has |
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built an enormously successful swimming program at Pecos High |
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School, where she has guided her teams to 27 district |
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championships, nine regional championships, and three top-five |
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finishes at the state meet; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Morse has produced 62 all-state swimmers and |
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two all-Americans during her career, and she is equally well |
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regarded for her commitment to developing the leadership skills of |
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her student-athletes and for her active promotion of the importance |
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of community service among her young charges; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Houston's Bellaire High School, Coach |
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Morse was a member of the 1974 Girls State Championship Swim Team; |
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she holds bachelor's and master's degrees in education from Stephen |
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F. Austin State University and got her start in education with the |
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Nacogdoches Independent School District, where she established her |
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first swim program; and |
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WHEREAS, Honored as Texas High School Swim Coach of the Year, |
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this dedicated educator has earned the respect and admiration of |
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students and peers alike over the course of nearly three decades as |
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one of the state's top swim coaches, and her receipt of the Theron |
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L. Pickle Lifetime Achievement Award is truly a significant |
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highlight in her exceptional coaching career; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Terri L. Morse on her receipt of |
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the Theron L. Pickle Lifetime Achievement Award and extend to her |
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best wishes for continued success in all her endeavors; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Morse as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Gallego |
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Gonzalez Toureilles |
Mowery |
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| Brown of Kaufman |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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| Brown of Brazos |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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| Callegari |
Hernandez |
Patrick |
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Hochberg |
Pickett |
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| Cook of Navarro |
Hopson |
Puente |
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| Cook of Colorado |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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| Crownover |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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| Davis of Harris |
Keffer |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| Davis of Dallas |
King of Parker |
Smith of Harris |
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| Delisi |
King of Taylor |
Smithee |
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| Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Solomons |
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| Eissler |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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| Escobar |
Madden |
Van Arsdale |
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| Farabee |
Mallory Caraway |
Vaught |
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| Farrar |
Martinez Fischer |
Villarreal |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 741 was adopted by the House on March |
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28, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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